Colin MvonExplaino@mstdn.social
Dec 16, 2025, 4:02 AMNo, you’re not a “prompt engineer”, you’re a sloperator.
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Dec 16, 2025, 4:15 AM@vonExplaino and your admin is a Syslop
Petra van CronenburgNatureMC@mastodon.onlineDec 16, 2025, 12:56 PM
Some Guysomeguy@beige.partyDec 16, 2025, 4:21 AM@vonExplaino So that's what they are calling them now....prompt engineers? Just wow.
Dec 16, 2025, 4:37 AM@someguy @vonExplaino The irony being the software developers using AI tools are often not faster, so therefore not "prompt".
pizzapalpizzapal@mastodon.sdf.orgDec 16, 2025, 5:58 AM@stuartl @someguy @vonExplaino im a modern day john henry becuz i converted pdfs into csvs with popplerutils & sed & grep faster than al (albeit a crap version) could do teh same thing
- pizzapalpizzapal@mastodon.sdf.orgDec 16, 2025, 5:59 AM
@stuartl @someguy @vonExplaino and im not dead
alejandrotrollkatt@mastodon.onlineDec 16, 2025, 12:01 PM@pizzapal [Citation needed] 😜
ozengozeng@aus.socialDec 16, 2025, 6:27 AM@someguy @vonExplaino the title should be reserved for demon core operators
Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫petealexharris@mastodon.scotDec 16, 2025, 11:59 AM@ozeng @someguy @vonExplaino
It's a critical role.
Dec 16, 2025, 2:45 PM@petealexharris
Critical, yes, but nothing flashy. Usually.
@ozeng @someguy @vonExplaino
Dec 16, 2025, 1:16 PM@someguy @vonExplaino yep, and people who poop out AI imagery are "generative artists" :squirtle_puke:
Cole Minorkycm_ancy@fandom.inkDec 16, 2025, 3:57 PM@vonExplaino "now"? Just because everyone seems to have discovered AI yesterday doesn't mean prompt engineers never existed before then.
Dec 16, 2025, 4:04 PM@someguy @vonExplaino i'll brace myself for the inevitable prompt architects, then 😬
- Dec 16, 2025, 4:05 PM
@someguy @vonExplaino also, is it "prompt evangelist" or "teleprompter"? 🤔
Armin HanischLinkshaender@bildung.socialDec 16, 2025, 8:36 AM@vonExplaino I‘m totally going to steal „sloperator“! Thanks!
Dec 16, 2025, 9:07 AM@vonExplaino `sloperator` would also be a great name for `~=` or `=~`, but the proposed usage meets the needs of out times significantly better.
💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱SmartmanApps@dotnet.socialDec 16, 2025, 9:54 AM@vonExplaino
OMG. This needs to be word of the year next year! 😂
zaicurityzaicurity@infosec.exchangeDec 16, 2025, 10:17 AM@vonExplaino a smooth sloperator sloperating correctly?
- Colin MvonExplaino@mstdn.socialDec 16, 2025, 10:25 AM
@zaicurity Cue Sade
Dec 16, 2025, 10:50 AM@vonExplaino I don't care what you call me as long as you pay me
Moritz Negwermoritz_negwer@mstdn.scienceDec 16, 2025, 12:11 PM@vonExplaino and if the resulting work makes you fall asleep, it's not "boring" or "sleep inducing", it's sloporific.
Dec 16, 2025, 1:09 PM@vonExplaino @aesthr smoooooth slo-pe-ra-tor
GinevraCatGinevraCat@toot.communityDec 16, 2025, 1:09 PM@vonExplaino Gold. Absolute gold.
Gabriel Nwtrmt@mastodon.socialDec 16, 2025, 1:21 PM@vonExplaino sure, but are you a Smooth Sloperator?
Ozzelotozzelot@mstdn.socialDec 16, 2025, 1:31 PM@vonExplaino
With my pocket slopulator
cake-dukeoneloop@mastodon.xyzDec 16, 2025, 1:35 PM@vonExplaino Engineering (and science more generally) has such a good brand name, that you slap it next to anything and that thing instantly sounds respectable. That's the reason why bullshit terms like "prompt engineer" exist.
StarkRG@myside-yourside.netDec 16, 2025, 2:00 PM@vonExplaino "Sloperator" is good, but I think I still prefer "prompt fondler"
GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)GreenSkyOverMe@ohai.socialDec 16, 2025, 2:05 PM
Barry Rowlingsongeospacedman@mastodon.socialDec 16, 2025, 2:06 PM@vonExplaino I only do slopless work now.
- Moritz Negwermoritz_negwer@mstdn.scienceDec 16, 2025, 4:14 PM
@geospacedman @vonExplaino Good for you, it'd be a sloppery slope otherwise. Before you know it, the desire to play the slop machine can become overwheLLMing.
🎄Sencha Wizard 🧙♂️🍵senchawizard@mstdn.socialDec 16, 2025, 2:07 PM@vonExplaino cruel sloperator?
Psycodepathpsycodepath@mastodon.socialDec 16, 2025, 2:16 PM@vonExplaino Had a fun time the Last hour fixing the reimplementation of vues reactivity inside a vue project.
Half an hour was Just understanding what He actually wanted to achieve. After it made "click" we just deleted all the slob and reimplemented the Feature in the call.
<s> Really feel the productivity increase.... I mean AI enabled us to do Team Work and get the Job efficiently done! </s>
tillian 🇰🇿🦊:antifa: ACABmynameistillian@plush.cityDec 16, 2025, 2:39 PM
jon crowcrofttforcworc@todon.nlDec 16, 2025, 2:43 PM@vonExplaino impromptu...
Stumpy The MuttStumpyTheMutt@social.linux.pizzaDec 16, 2025, 3:33 PM@vonExplaino Adding "sloperator" to my lexicon!
Nartagnan ⏚nartagnan@mstdn.frDec 16, 2025, 4:07 PMThank you.
I translated it in a picture.
Daniel JonssonDanOpcode@mastodon.socialDec 16, 2025, 4:14 PM@vonExplaino lol
HaroithHaroith@mastodon.socialDec 16, 2025, 4:37 PM@vonExplaino I don't know what it means, but it sounds insulting.
